The concept of ‘Work from home’ or ‘Remote working’ was getting its share of popularity even before Covid-19 started hitting the road. However, this outbreak mandated an acceptable norm by governmental and enterprises allowing employees to work from home. This ensures their safety and keeps an uninterrupted industrial environment functioning.

Whenever an opportunity arises it is backed by innovation to give wings to the idea. We are witnessing an abundance of evolving and simpler collaborative technologies like skype, zoom, teams etc making it feasible to collaborate when working from home. Further, there was also a general acceptance from the employees to be working from the comforts of their own home. They are glad to be rescued from the hassle of traffic and commuting time.

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Robotic automation as reliable and affordable technology:

Robo Automation technology arose to the occasion in order to prevent economic paralysis. It reached out, solidifying its presence to cater to every form and size of industries at large. Firms started relying on the efficiency and efficacy of robotic automation bots for processing repetitive, standardized, and time consuming tasks.

Robotic Automation (RPA) effortlessly bridged the gap between office and residence work structure, in saving time, money and inter- dependence on IT teams. A recent Bain survey of IT buyers shows that more than 80% of companies are accelerating their automation initiatives in response to Covid-19.

Ways Robotic Automation (RPA) helps remote working feasible and accommodative:

The ‘Work from Remote’ approach brought great relief to entrepreneurs who want to introduce automation as a pilot study in their firms. Therefore, ‘Remote working’ served as a ‘litmus test’ to evaluate the pros and cons of this new found space.

According to a Gallup poll “Three in five U.S. workers who have been doing their jobs from home during the coronavirus pandemic would prefer to continue to work remotely as much as possible, once public health restrictions are lifted”.

Now let us try to understand how Robotic Automation (RPA) and WFH both achieve a ‘win-win’ situation to the new acceptable normal.

1. Configuring for the home set-up:
   Robotic Automation (RPA) bots facilitate the set-up process for remote working quicker and trouble free. Since, the requirement is linear from registration of new hardware, giving access to log-in, linking of an employee ID to the registration numbers, setting up of VPN access etc. This process can easily be taken care of by the bots.
2. Robotic automation - reduces the burden of the IT support department:
   The setting of remote workstations to employees is time consuming and needs a satisfactory security cover to the system. However, through robotic automation deployed in ‘helpdesk’, employees get their problem resolved quickly. Robots consolidate key information from various sources and sometimes find solutions they are tuned to do or escalate humans to resolve them.
3. Tracking Employee Tasks:
   Through robots the respective team heads can easily track the progress of their members across the projects, schedule meetings and manage events of the team. They are placed to share important information and needed files without compromising on the security aspects.
4. Greater data accuracy and security:
   Since back office jobs get automated mostly, the manual entry processes done by humans for decades can get eliminated. The unavoidable human errors are replaced by robots delivering faster accurate data. Due to stringent security access it gives greater scope for safer infrastructure to function.
5. Time attendance tracking:
   Robots are helpful in tracking and monitoring the work schedule and attendance register of the employees. Robots send them gentle reminders to ensure compliance and to adhere to the working hours.
6. Synchronization of meeting schedules:
   Remote working calls for discussion between team members which usually are done informally in an office atmosphere. As a result, there is bound to be overlapping meeting schedules in Google calendar. Robots identify the areas where there are conflicts in the calendar and send reminders to synchronize meeting schedules.
7. Assisting new recruitments to the present set-up:
   Despite restrictions imposed for human movement during pandemic, yet, the HR division needs to recruit humans for the new openings. HR needs to provide orientation to the new employees and the practice of ‘remote work’. Robotic Automation (RPA) helps the employees get familiar with the new systems. The bots simply perform the tasks accurately and complete all the formalities leading from hiring to the retirement of employees.

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Every new situation brings a new transformation in the working ecosystem of any industry. What is required is acceptance and acceleration of the digital process to help employees to tune in without impacting work.

If your firm believes that robotic automation is not just an option but a feasible solution, then we are here to help your firm reach its goals. Book your free personal demo and see for yourself the difference robotic automation can bring about to your business.